小故事背诵达人 发薪名单里的彼特

Payroll¹ Pete

发薪名单里的彼特

Two men sit down for lunch in the office cafeteria.

有两个人坐在办公大楼的自助餐厅里吃中餐。

"Hey, whatever happened to Pete in payroll?" one asked.

“喂，发薪名单里怎么没有彼特，他到底是怎么了？”其中一人问道。

"He got this harebrained notion² he was going to build a new kind of car" his coworker replied.

“他想要打造一种新的车款，不过想法太轻率了。”他的同事回答。

"How was he going to to it?"

“他干了什么事？”

"He took an engine from a Pontiac, tires from a Chevy, seats from a Lincoln, hubcaps from a Caddy and, well, you get the idea."

“他把庞蒂克的引擎、雪佛兰的轮胎、林肯的座椅、开迪的轮轴盖拼凑在一起，知道了吧？”

"So what did he end up with?"

“那结果怎样?”

"Ten years in prison."

“要吃十年牢饭。”

1 payroll   

n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额

参考例句：

• His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
• I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。

2 notion   

n.概念，意念，看法

参考例句：

• One common Chinese notion is that the elders ought to be respected.中国人共有的一种观念是长者应受到尊敬。
• He had a sudden notion to visit all his relatives.他心血来潮，突然想去拜访他所有的亲戚。